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Your company withdraw from me,
 your line and hook go find.

My line and hook I value not, love,
 gold will purchaſe more,
I am ſo captivated
 by you Nelly aſtore;
Love don‘t be ſhy with me comply,
 and I‘ll make you my bride—
I have thirty acres of good land
 alongſt the Boyn ſide.

But, ſir acquiant your father,
 a match for you he‘ll find,
Some wealthy farmer‘s daughter
 more pleasing to your mind;
So he‘ll agree you‘ll plainly ſee,
 when equally your join‘d:
So I‘ll mind my ſheep, my lambs I‘ll keep,
 till providence prove kind.

Now to conclude and finiſh,
 I mean to ſtop my pen,
In hoes judicious readers
 will this lovely maid commend;
I am ſure ſhe may a warning be
 unto all female kind,
The venturous ſhepherd‘s daughter
 came a-milking to the Boyn.